In Vietnam, a noodle seller was sentenced to five and a half years in prison for parodying a powerful minister. New proof, if any is needed, of the fact that the communist regime does not tolerate the slightest sign of dissent.
The wrong of this trader: to have imitated General To lam (right). AFP - HOANG DINH NAM / RFI: Bui Tuan Lam was sentenced for "undermining people's trust in the state" His trial lasted only one day, his wife and daughters have seen him only once since.